[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21697]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, following leader remarks, the Senate will be 
in a period for the transaction of morning business until 11 a.m. 
Morning business will need to cease at 11 a.m. because we have Senator 
Coburn coming to give a statement at that time, preparatory to a vote 
that will occur after he completes his remarks. Senators will be 
permitted during the time until 11 o'clock to speak for up to 10 
minutes each. The Republicans will control the first half of that time, 
the majority will control the next half, and the remaining time will be 
equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their 
designees.
  Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of 
H.R. 3288, the Transportation appropriations bill. There will be 30 
minutes for Senator Coburn and 10 minutes for Senator Murray to debate 
the pending Coburn amendments. Upon the use or yielding back of that 
time, the Senate will proceed to a series of up to five rollcall votes. 
Therefore, Senators should expect votes beginning around 11:30 a.m. 
Senator Coburn may not use all of his time. If that is the case, when 
he completes his remarks, Senator Murray or someone she chooses will 
speak and then we will start the votes.
  Last night, I filed cloture on the committee amendment and the 
underlying bill. I am confident and hopeful that is not going to be 
necessary, as I am told we should be able to complete action on this 
bill today. As a result, there will be a 1 p.m. filing deadline for 
first-degree amendments to this Transportation bill. We hope we can 
move immediately to the Interior appropriations bill. We should be able 
to wrap that up fairly quickly.

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